Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Node/React) — Remote, High-Impact

Kake; Nebraska; Remote; USD 96,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Kake, a remote-first company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Node.js and React to build scalable systems that support millions of users. You will own features end-to-end, design APIs, and collaborate with product and design.

This independent contractor role offers remote work, growth opportunities, and cross-stack collaboration with strong observability and modern tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with hands-on work in Node.js and React.
• Hands-on experience designing and versioning REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with modern git workflows, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Strong system-design instincts: data modelling, component architecture, and event-driven thinking.
• Comfortable with relational databases and SQL, plus familiarity with NoSQL such as MongoDB or similar.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship production features end-to-end across Node.js backends and React frontends, owning your work from implementation through deployment.
• Design, build, and version REST or GraphQL APIs that serve as the contract between frontend and backend systems.
• Make architecture decisions around data modelling, service boundaries, and component design, applying event-driven thinking where it fits.
• Model and query data across relational and NoSQL stores, choosing the right database and structure for each use case.
• Write clean, well-tested code and set up the observability needed to catch and debug issues in live systems.

Skills

Node.js

React

5+ years experience

English communication

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

GCP

AWS

Azure

MongoDB

Job description

Kake, a remote-first company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Node.js and React to build scalable systems that support millions of users. You will own features end-to-end, design APIs, and collaborate with product and design.

This independent contractor role offers remote work, growth opportunities, and cross-stack collaboration with strong observability and modern tooling.